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Overexpression of the Efflux Pumps SmeVWX and SmeDEF Is a Major Cause of Resistance to Co-trimoxazole in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jun 2018
Sánchez María Blanca, Martínez José Luis
Abstract excerpt
Co-trimoxazole is one of the antimicrobials of choice for treating Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections. Most works on the molecular epidemiology of the resistance to this drug combination are based on the analysis of sul genes. Nevertheless, the existence of clinical co-trimoxazole-resistant S. maltophilia isolates that do not harbor sul genes has been reported. To investigate potential mutations that can...
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